Adele language

The Adele language is spoken in central eastern Ghana and central western Togo. It belongs to the geographic group of Ghana Togo Mountain languages (traditionally called the Togorestsprachen or Togo Remnant languages) of the Kwa branch of Niger–Congo. The speakers themselves, the Adele people, call the language Gidire.

Adele
Gidire
Region	Ghana and Togo
Native speakers	37,000 (2003–2012)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Anii–Adere Adele
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ade
Glottolog	adel1244

Adele
People	Bidire
Language	Gidire

Writing system

In Ghana, the Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation (GILLBT) developed an alphabet to translate the Bible into Adele.

Adele alphabet (Ghana)^[2]

A

B

Bw

D

E

Ɛ

F

Fw

G

Gb

Gy

H

I

Ɩ

K

Kp

Ky

Kw

L

M

N

Ny

Ŋ

Ŋm

Ŋw

O

Ɔ

P

Pw

R

S

T

U

Ʋ

W

Y

a

b

bw

d

e

ɛ

f

fw

g

gb

gy

h

i

ɩ

k

kp

ky

kw

l

m

n

ny

ŋ

ŋm

ŋw

o

ɔ

p

pw

r

s

t

u

ʋ

w

y

The Adele alphabet used in Togo is essentially the same, however Rongier uses fewer digraphs at the index of his Adele-French dictionary.

Adele alphabet (Togo)^[3]

A

B

C

D

E

Ɛ

F

G

Gb

I

Ɩ

J

K

Kp

L

M

N

Ny

Ŋ

O

Ɔ

P

R

S

U

Ʋ

W

Y

a

b

c

d

e

ɛ

f

g

gb

i

ɩ

j

k

kp

l

m

n

ny

ŋ

o

ɔ

p

r

s

u

ʋ

w

y